The Pros And Cons Of Pharmaceutical Companies

America, a land founded with opportunity and wealth in mind and while I believe our founding fathers wanted to see growth and innovation I doubt it was to be at the expense of its people. Today the typical view of crime and how it affects our economy is focused on street crimes, however what many don 't realize is the number of corporate crimes occurring today play a more detrimental role in our economy and creates more victims than street crime. The types of corporate violations are vast and range from schemes on the elderly to illegal dumping of toxic waste to intentional marking of dangerous drugs and products. Each incidence of corporate crime is equally disturbing but the horrendous acts of pharmaceutical companies in marketing and fraudulently distributing harmful drugs to its clients is by far the worst. People put their faith in these medications to assist with health and longevity and intern are being given a cure that many times does the exact opposite of what it promises. Pharmaceutical companies have essentially robbed the citizens of their sense of faith in medicine and the doctors who prescribe these so called cures. In the last several years alone many big name pharmaceutical companies have paid out billions of dollars in blood money to repay victims and the government for …show more content…
Certain industries may be able to get away with selling or promoting poor quality goods, however pharmaceutical companies have chosen to put these methods to use within their industry which is one area in which poor quality and misrepresented products should not exist. More and more pharmaceutical companies have been in hot water over poor quality meds, off market labeling and offering incentives for promoting sale of their dangerous drugs. Many of the drugs on the market result in exposure to unnecessary reactions, adverse effects and in some cases